A Mother Adored: From Office Outcast to CEO's Beloved novel · Chapter 24 of 24
Chapter 24: Three Cries
"Nolan," I said.
He was awake before I finished the word.
He sat up in the dark with his hand flat on his chest, and I saw his face change.
"They're moving," he said.
"All three.
"They're coming."
"I know.
"My water broke."
I looked down.
"It's my mother's quilt," I said, and I started to laugh, and a contraction took the laugh away.
He was out of bed and into his trousers in four seconds.
He called the hospital in Findlay with one hand and my brother with the other.
My brother's truck was in the yard before Nolan had found my shoes.
My brother drove us the nine miles with both hands tight on the wheel, saying, "Breathe, Hattie, breathe," as if I might forget.
I lay in the back seat with Nolan's coat under my head.
The stars were thick over the north field.
The doctors had been planning for this since June.
She was a brisk woman with silver hair, and she met us at the doors with a wheelchair and a calm voice.
"Thirty-three weeks is good for triplets," she said.
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